Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Presidential debate drinking game

All the way from London! It's the Obama-McCain debate drinking game! A drinking game for the Presidential debate!Can't vote, can drink!

The voter questions, 'town hall' format makes it hard for the two candidates to get snarky and dish zingers. Voters, we hear, don't like it when candidates indulge in ad hominem attacks and get angry.

So despite the recent fetid tsunami of lies, smears, insinuations, half-truths, racism, and more lies as the audacity of hope battles the mendacity of fear, we probably won't see any bloody noses tonight.The strategy will be to connect, empathise, feel voter's pain, understand, care and if either of them can summon up a tear, or a chokey voice, even better.

But really, all voters want to hear about is the economy. In six months time, will they still have jobs? Pensions? Houses? It will go down to who sounds like he can deliver a plan to stop everyone having to eat roadkill and live in cardboard boxes. That's it. The rest is just bollocks.Time for a drinking game.Drink when you hear

'Maverick''My friends''Wall Street/Main Street''middle class''bail-out''surge''Just doesn't get it''experience''change''reform''reach across the aisle''Washington''uh-uh-look''this great nation''difficult times''challenges''affordable healthcare''eco-narmic 9/11''REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION FAILURE''Fannie and Freddie''crisis''together we can do it''faith in our country and each other''with all due respect''you lying bastard''your mom'

Things you won't (didn't, I suppose) hear include HAVA. You'd think as Champion Of The Common People and Last Hope of Hopey Hope Barack or the Dems might be complaining about the disenfranchisement of millions of people....

Thanks all.Especially Gridlock. HuffPo and Kos have been up in arms about HAVA and Newsnight did a report on voter disenfranchisement but it needs to be banged on about more.

I know the Obama campaign is very hot at grass roots level and is not only registering voters but has legal teams challenging dodgy rulings like having to provide photo ID car licences ( many Black voters don't drive or have cars) and students registered at their parental home not being allowed to vote at college because of address etc...but the root and branch reform is needed.

I just hope the independents don't stay at home - too racist to vote for Obamam, too angry to vote Republican...